Tag: NASA

“Scientists begin sending messages to aliens, despite a warning that it could trigger Earth’s destruction.”

As soon as I read it I had two questions.

So we (at least scientists) do know that alien exist, right? Hmmm. Good to know. And if we know that they are there, why do we even think that they are interested in us? After all this time of silence, Nasa’s few messages proof that we are not more than bacteria for aliens.

Another thing: which language do we choose for the communication with aliens? (obviously something different from Nasa’s last try which means no records, radios or plaques. May be it should be something like laser or graffiti messages somewhere on one of our planets?)

Furthermore the article tells that that sending messages will start from 2018 (what are we waiting for again?) and that scientists hope to raise $1 million to start that work (Oh, that’s what we are waiting for…well, it is a small amount of money to fund such a program… Isn’t it???).

And finally the last sentence which knocked me over completely: “There are no regulations governing whether or not messages can be sent out into space or what those messages should say”. That pretty much means – don’t trust scientists, they might have a different opinion from the rest of us. Which side do they support? I would say, as there is nothing else to do for governments around the world, they will soon start to write laws about “space messages”. I just hope they can agree on some sort of a simple “hello”.